A mode of not doing
It is interesting (for me) that when the bar is raised in Christianity, i.e. discipleship, the words LEGALISM and PHARISEE raise with it. We have carefully devised strategies to protect ourselves from doing. Modern Protestantism has drowned in a version of grace that stunts almost all doing. Why do you think this is?
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I don't think it is a recent trend amongst Protestants. I think it might have originated with Protestantism itself. We know that Martin Luther opposed the idea of James being in the Bible because of the emphasis on works.
I think our emphasis on grace might have started as reaction against the emphasis on works by the catholics during the dark ages.
These days… I think we live in a culture where everything is instant and can happen with the press of a single button. Why then, would we want to complicate our lives with difficult and challenging religion?
We seem to 'go with the flow', i.e. look for the way of least resistence.
The problem is obviously that we can't grow this way. We will become obese babies waiting for pastors to feed us (think birds sitting in nest squeeling for food).